The Sun. — London, England, 1809-08-19 00:00:00

„ NAVAL NEW Sz; _ . PORTSMOUTH, Au 6.. 3.—Arri'ved his Majesty% ship tfender Irotn'the Downs. led his Majesty's ship 41/alcd;ar, fat' the Downs; Ranger, COATS j I h etas and Mary, HAY.WAD bitt); TAYLOR -, for Sunderlnd ; Phil Esrneraider, , for St. Petersburg!). Went out of Harbou'r his Majesty's ship Zephyr. His Majesty's ship Dexterous is appointed c onvOy to the Downs. - TLYMOUTFU i Auo..l6.—Went up the harbour to 'refit, his Mijesty's ship Druid. Bait,d his Ntijesty's ship Seaflower, of 36 guns, on a crutzt.f.; and the ship Ocean, FEAcy, for Quebec. Arrived the P-ier2dship, MA , t-runs, from Neatii: AUG. 17.—Arrieved the French schooner Adeline, laden with cotton, coffee, and sugar; from Guatia; lbupe,•bound to France, last from Cork, was fallen in with and captured on, the 24th July, by the boats of . his Majesty'S ship Virginia, after a chase of 17 hours, in a ckilm. Two French frigates, were about to leave Guadaloupe, ladeu wi►h inerchandize, for France, at the lute the iiideiiize sa4led. Likewise the Spanish schooner Diligente, from St. Sebastians, in ballot, bound - to St. Aiidero, detained by the John Bull letter of marque, and the Greek pc.)lacre ship Stunt "Inne, ANTANASCO LUCHIERE, Master, from Gibraltar, 19 days passage, laden with wine and brandy, buuad to this port for orders; on her Passage she encountered a heavy gale of wind, in Which she sprung her tore and main yards. Sailed the Cadmus gun.brig, on a cruize. DEAL, AUG. 18.—Arrived his Majesty's ships Theseus and Centaur, of 74 guns caul+, from off the Text]. Arrived the Champion frigate, with the Russian Ad►niral. SINIA.VIN, and the transports under convoy, laviiig o ❑ board the crews of the Russian men of War, troin'Portsmoutii. Arrived also the Argoof 44 guns, from Jamaica, with Convoy, mid the Spanish ship liivalect from the Havannall, which have sailed for the River. Sailed the Atalante cutter for Flushing, with dis 7. patches from Lord CASTLEREAGH for the Earl of . CHATHAM. Cowts, Apc, 18.—Arrived here the Spanish Brig St. Joseph, GASPAR ESPANG, Master, from Tarragona anti Benecallo, with a°,eargo of wine and cork, Put in here for orders, and must perform quarantine. The Mediterranean and Portugal fleets, consisting of upwards of 80 sail, .under the convoy of the lymph frigate and two gun-birgs, are still detained here by contraty winds. SHEERNESS, AUG. 18.—Came down the river, the Zranbit, a vessel with four masts, built on specula tion by Mr. PEAKE, commanded by a Lieutenant. The Opossum sails this evening, with a convoy for Flushing. Passed by a number of West Indiamen, for' Suri nun." The convoy to the Baltic will sail next Wednes- cay. FALmotrni, AUG. W.—Arrived the Prince of Wales packet, from New-York and Halifax, twenty days from the latter. . Tiie Leda, PAYNTER, is off this port, from Malta, for London, six weeks from Malta. DOVER, AUGUST 18.—The homeward-bound Ja- Illaica fleet, consis►in; of near thirty sail, passed by here to-day for the Downs, under convoy of his Ma lesly's ship Argo. A fleet of Transports, with the Russian sailors on board, also passed by here from Portsmouth. YARMOUTH, AUG. 18.—Arrived the Vixen gun bllg, and Diligence sloop of war, with a convoy l 'oin the Baltic.--Ilemain . in - the Roads, the Roebuck, *squat°, and Acute. AMERICA. • lIIIVATE LETTER ?ROM WASHINGTON, JUNIE 27. " Last week Government received dispatches from General Armstrong, at Paris, partial rai s i ng o f announcing that the the Embarg o bad inspired Buona parte with the most sovereign contempt for Mr. Ma dison and the American people, whom he threatens with his vengeance as soon as he had punished the mutiny of Spain, and the disobedience of Austria.— Armstrong is in a hurry to leave France, haunted with a dread of the Temple. " Turreau is already gone to pass the summer at Bahimore, and Mr. Erskine is only waiting for the arrival of a Briti s h Pl en i potentiary, to travel to Ca nada. P. S.—Five o'clock, p.m. —The Senate has this, moment confirmed Mr. Adams's appointment as Minister to Russia. It had been desired by the two Emperors from Erbarth last 061ober, and promised by Mr. Jefferson. Of Mr. Adams's inveteracy to aigland, his illiberal answer to Colonel Pickering is puinted esidenue. He is a worshipper of Buona parte, and hates Soin nearly as much as Greac Lritain. 6E,AiiitAL oRDER HOkSt GUARDS, ji,zy 29, Mg. It is the Commander in Chief's Order, that the following Extraat from an Ad of Parliament, dated the Yo3h of Jun?, 180 g, " for the prevention of the Sale and Brokerage of Offices," shall be circulated for the information and guidance of the Officers of The Army. (Signed) FlAitai CALVERT, Adj. Gen. " Provided always, and be it further enuaed, That no thing in this Act contained shall extend, or be construed extend to any Purchase, Sales, or Exchanges, of any Conlinissions or Appointments in the Honourable Band of Gentlemen Pcnsioliers, or in tlis Majcsry's Yeoman Guard, or in the Marshalsea, and the. Court of the King in the Palace of the King at Westminster, or to extend to any Purchases, Sales; or Exchange's of any Commission., in ris Majesty's Forces, for such prices as . shall be re gulated and fixed by any regulation made or to be made by his Majesty in that behalf, or to any act or thing done in relation thereto by any Agents, provided that such Agents shall be .Agents of regiments authorised by the Commander in Chief of his Majest) 'S Forces, or by the Co lonels or Commandants of regiments or corps, and shall act therein under such regulations only as are or shall, from time to tone, be established b) his Majesty, and nail not cause or procure, or knowingly permit or suffer to be printed or advertised any advertisement or advertisements, proposal or proposals for any purchase or sale, or exchange of any com mission, or any negociation relating thereto, and shall not receive or take any money, tee, gratuity, or reward, or any promise, agreement, covenant, contract, bond, or.assurance, or by any way, means, or device, contract or agree to receive or have any money, tee, gratuity, or reward lot offing in such benall. " Provided also, and be it further enaded, That every Officer in his Majesty's forces, who shalt take, accept, or m:(:.ive, or pay or agree to pay, any larger sum of money, di rectly or indirectly, than what is allowed by any. regulations made by his Majesty in relation to the purchase, sale, or ex change of c ommissions in his Majeaty's.rorces, or wiio shall pay, or cause to be paid, any sum or money to any agent or woke'. or other iier4on, for th ur tiAbi• or exchange of any such Commission, snail, on lacing convicted theteot by General Court-Martial, forfeit his Commission, and be cashiered ; and as an encouragement for the detection of such practices, such Commission so forreited shall be sold, and half the regulated value (not exceeding five hund red pounds,) shall be paid to the intorincr, and tne other hall, or the remainder, if more than five hundred pound;, shall go and be applied as his Majesty shall order and direct by any Tegulations limn time to time inade in that behalf : provided also, that every person who shall sell his Commis sion in his Majesty's Forces, and not continue to hold any Commission in his Majesty's Forces; and shall, upon or iu relation to such Sale, take, accept, or receive directly or in directly, any money, lee, gratuity, loan a money, reward of profit, or any promise, agreement, covenant, contract, bond, or assurance, or shall by any device or means, contract or agree to receive or have any money, tee, gratuity, loan of 1110- ncY, reward, or profit, beyond the regulated price or value of the Commissinn sold, arid also every person, who shall wil fully or knowingly aid, abet, 'or assist such person therein, shall be deemed and adjudged guilty of a misdemeanor with in the provisions of the Act. " Provided always, and be it further enacted, That nothing in the said recited Act, or this Ad contained shall extend or be construed to extend to Gibraltar, Malta, or any place or places in the Mediterranean, until three months ; or to any• of his Majesty's dominions, colonies, or plantations in Ame rica, or the West Indies, 'until four months ; or to the Cape of Good Hope, the island of St. Helena, or any part of Africa until six months ; or to anl( of his Majesty's dominions in the East Indies or beyond the Cape of hood Hope, until .12 months atter the passing of this Ad." Captain WALSHAM, of the Worcestershire re giment of militia, quartered at Portsea, on Monday last performed, on toot, the distance of sixty miles in twelve successive hours, with ease; and after wards rode his two curricle horses half the distance (thirty) in two successive hours, for a wager of one hundred and twenty guineas, also within time.— Capfain WA LSH AM is a very stout athletic man, be ing abuut six feet two inches high, and perhaps a greater exertion has seldom been performed. A gentleman, a few days since. for a considerahle wager, walked from Whitechapel 7 Church to flytte- Park corner, stopping to eat a tart at every pastry cook's on both sides of the way. The direct distance is tour miles. He was allowed two hours to accom plish this feat, but he performed it in an hour and a quarter. PONY RACE.—A trotting-match for 100 guineas took place yesterday on Sunbury Common betwixt two fast ponies; the one a blind pony the property of a person at Staines, which beat the celebrated Irish trotting pony a few days ago, and the other a North -country pony. The match commenced at seven o'clock in the morning, with high odds against the blind pony, which took the lead, and kept it eleven miles. The North-country pony here made play, and won the match by nearly half-a-mile.— There was a numerous field of sportsmen on the ground, and several hundtedi were betted on the event. A grand Pigeon Match, at 2 1 birds for 100 guineas, took place yesterday, on Wimbledon Common, be tween Messrs. Carter and Hadkins, amateur shots. The former killed 20 birds and won the match : his antagonist having missed his fourth and eighteenth bird. A partridge's nest was, a few days ago, discovered in a plot of grass which was cutting in the garden of the Rev. Mr. NI‘KENziE, of Knockbain, Shropshire, containing 16 eggs, which had been deserted by the mother, and front which, when taken from the nest and laid beneath a turkey hen, were brought forth 15 birds, winch were all in a thriving state, and fol low the turkey as their mother. A cause of considerable importance came on to be heard at the Dorchester Assizes, wherin Mr. William Sherring the President of a Benefit Society at Sher borne, was Plaintiff, andT. Pursey, alias Persey (the elder) was Defendant : this aelion, was brought to re cover from the Defendant three years pay, at 4s. per week, which he had fraudulently received from the Society 2 l years since, by producing a copy of the register of his baptism. The Judge diteeted the Jury to return a verdia for the Plaintiff, which they did with damages, 341. Sunday, Mr. Murphy's boat, which. conveys pas sengers to and from the Liverpool Packet at the Pigeon House, Dublin, going with passengers to the Moira packer, shortly after the vessel getting un der sail, the boat lying alongside, the main beam struck the boat's mast, and the people on board, consisting of five men, were instantly precipitated into the sea. Captain ROBERTS, of the Moira, on perceiving the situation of the men, immediately put out the boat, and picked up three. Mr. GIB BONS, one of the Proprietors of the Liverpool packet, and a seaman named FARREL, were unfortunately drowned. The oldest man does not remember so uniform and continued winds in the 'South West quarter, as have prevailed in those latitudes since last March. Sometimes they have blown in hurricanes, the e f- Teets whereof have been manifested all over England by various ravages, particularly among fruits of all descriptions, attended with such deluges of rain as greatly to injure the corn, especially in the low lands ; the high grounds also have severely suffered. MdJOR-GENERAL lIPKENZIE. Ithjor General :Tons ItOsAin 31‘ktNztE, Who so gloriously fell in the battle Of Talavera, was the representative of a very ancient family, Whose patri:- monial estate (Saddle) lies in dim! :part of the county of Ross, called.the Black Isle; He tell in nr nbOut his 47th year. He began his [altar) , career in the Marines, under the immediate eye of his uncle; General M'KE N ZIE; of that most honourable corps, and for some time previous to 1704, did the duty of Adjutant to the Chatham Division. Upon the dead) of his uncle, by whiCh he Site:. ceeded to some personal fortithe, he relinquished the .rearineS, perhaps from an ambition to get for- Ward in hisprofession more rapidly than that. ser vice admits of. In the spring of 1794, he became Major of the 2d battalion of the 78th 'foot, or Ross-shire Butf, raised by the present Lord SEAFORTH. Tu the latter end of that year, or „early in 1705, both bat talions of the 78th Were consolidated ; by which measure this gallant Officer becathe attathecl to the first bthalion, and with the officers and men from the second, joined the first battalion at the Cape, from whence they proceeded to India, 1200 strong, i.iihere the regiment served with distinction under the 'present Lieutenant-General Wien Colouel) APKE&iIE FRASER. With this corps ,the gallant Major-General served many year in India, and lat terly commanded the regiment. He returned to Europe in 1801-2, sincely regretted by his regi ment and all who knew him—and if his service in the East .was not marked by any brilliant profes sional event, it - was because the situation of that his stay in it, did not call for any aelive exertion. • Promoted to the rank of Colonel soon after he came home, on the breaking out of the present war in 1803, he was placed on the Northern Statras a Brigadier ; thereafter he was made Governor and Commandant of Alderney, and soon thereafter re placed on tha Northern Stall as Major-General, in which situation he was, when on 1)15 own solicita tion no doubt, he was removed to the command la' a Brigade in Portugal, in 1808. He was in Parliament four years, first for the Sutherland Distril of Boroughs and latterly for the Shire of Sutherland in the room of Mr. WILLIAM DUNDAS. In 1804, he superintended the levy, and in t 805, the dicipline of that gal l ant but ill-fated second 2d battalion of the 78th, which, when but recruits in fact, beat the chosen troops of France on the plains of Maida, but were afterwards annihilated with their gallant young leader, Lieu teria nt- Colonel INPLEop, in the last Egyptian Expedition. He was a zealous, steady, cool soldier—a mild and most friendly man. The service loses in him a most excellent Officer—his friends an estimable and amiable man. The 78th adored him, and will long lament him. His estate, called Saddle, devolves on an only sister, married to a Captain Potts, of the 42d regi ment, by whom she has a large family. Among the Officers killed at Talavera, none are more regretted than Lieutenant Colonels GORDON and Ross—the former, who commanded the 83d, was one of the most promising Officers in the service. He was the son of the present Coutrtess of DUMFRIRS. . Lieutenant-Colonel Ross, of the Guards, was one of the younger sons of the late well-known Adrnital Sir JOHN LOCKHART Ross, and brother to the pre sent Lieutenant-General Sir CHARLES Ross, of Bal nagowan, of Ross-shire. also. He was Aid-de- Camp to General GORDON, when in command 3t Jersey ; —a promising, accomplished young man, whose -fall will be deeply deplored by his family and friends. Sir ARTHUR WELLESLEY is immediately to be elevated. w the Peerage. Generals SHERBROOKE, HILL, ALEXANDER CAMPBELL, and CAMERON, wid be wade Baronets. Brigadier General BRowNE, who was wounded at Waicheren, is a native of Dublin, and some time ago obtained the freedom of Belfast, for his 7allant con dud in storming the important fortress of Monte Video, in South America. He is Colonel of the 40th regiment of foot, and has been employed in actual service for upwards of 27 years. The Irish Legion serving under BUONAPARTE, is commanded by a person of the name of O'MEARA, and not by ARTHUR O'CONNOR, as generally sup posed. O'MEARA had distinguished himself in se eral a&ions, and, on the particular and personal recommendation of General CLARKE, was appointed by BUONAPARTE to the command of his countrymen. ARTHUR O'CONNOR was not with the Irish bri-, gade at Flushing. He lives retired, about three miles from Paris, totally negleded, and in disgrace BUONAPARTE. Flushing is the great Dutch depot for French wines and brandy ,•' it perhaps contains as much as Amsterdam, particularly of the latter article.' Our troops can therefere be supplied with those necessa ries at a very easy and cheap rate. It is supposed that from 8000 to 10,000 prisoners will be made in ,Flushing, of whom a considerable part are the natives of countries which BUONAPARTE has over-run, and who may he supposed to be more ready to ad against him than for him ; a part too are invalids, who were fit for garrison duty, though too old to be sent to the Danube to fight against the Austrians. Captain Barclay, the celebrated pedestrian, is a gentleman of very high birth. He is the lineal re presentative of William, last Earl of Airth, his great grand uncle, and his right to that Peerage has already • been established by a,service before a Jury in Scot land, although he has not yet laid his claim before the Ho.use of Peers. He has to boast of Royal ex tra6tion, being lineally descended from Robert 11. King of Scotland, by David Earl df Stratherne, his son—Captain Barclay is the representative of ' the two ancient families of Barclay of Ury, and Al lardice of Allardice, in Kincardineshire in Scotland, and is possessed of estates in that county rented at 80001 sterling per annum. His father, the late Robert Barclay Allardice, Esq. was Member for Kincardineshire in several Parliaments. Captain Barclay left the army some years ago. _ _ •In a late process of divorce at Paris, the husband obtained the necessary proofs of the criminality of his wife from her paramour, who sold the letters he had received during their intercourse for 12 louis d'urs. -ai.i . ibi . 7.libli ; A. i 6. ..'"" • • ' Saturday . being — the anni've'rsary df the birth of ii Royal Highness the Prince of who entered into the 47th year Of his age; the 114 was dis hied from the Castle, and the battery at I.:eltb; . and kia" husineSs was done it the batiks rid publiC It was alsb celebrated in the Aisectlbly RJOtni; iii George -street. . There Were preient On this occasion; a'mOng scthe. respe&able individuals, the Earl of Lauderdale; LY' , l Ic.innaircl, Lord Wm. Russell, the Hon. Heriry skine, Lord 13,innatyne, Sir John Lowt her 'John: Stone, &c. and the Lord PrOVost and Nlagistr:iteS; the Lord bean of Guild, and ,the Convener OF TradeS; attended as visitors a the Stewardi. the Earl of Lauderdale presided. A late lettei froth the Captain of ori"6 of out tier of war in the West contains the follmtinti paragrapha paragraph deser . ving paiticulai• tteti tion " The Court Martial on Sir HOsti PoPnAM , re- lative to his attack on Buenos Ayres; has done nicire injury to England than it is possible to conceive; for Commanding Officers Will not now attack a place; though certain that it will fall, without positive oe*- ders to do. As Sir Hdlqk Poet:4AM truly slid; the bud Of enterpriSe .is Had it not been for that, we should ere thiS have had Guadeloupe; three line of battle shipS; two frigates, two corv e tt e s, besides a number of smal l prizes. AS-it is, the ene my have gotten all the above, except one line of battle ship, the HautpOult. To he sure, the two .frigates and two corvettes are in petto, as they are yet in Guadaloupe, and may be taken. ‘krhers Martinique fell, there was a rebellion in Guada loupe in our favour ; upwards of five hundred in" habitants had. taken up arms, and I understand they sent two messengers to the Commanders of the Land and Sea. forces: Ho'ever, there 11 ere no (inters to attack Guadaloupe, a:.d they were quell The Duke of BRUNSWICK OELs dined with the Princess of WALES yesterday at Kensington Palace.. The Duke of RICHMOND, with his amiable con sort, intend to set out from Dublin,, on a tour through the . South of Ireland; embracing Mount 'Shannon Newcastle, Limerick, Killarney, Castle martyr, Rostellan Castle, the City of Colk, The party will consist of ? the Duke and Duchess of RicestoNo and suite, Lady MARY LENOX, Earl MARCH, Sir CHARLES VERNON, Capt., READY, &p. THEATRES..--The excellent Farce of High Life below Stairs, which, as been revived at the Hay. market with great success, was repeated last night, and received with considerable applause, The man-• ner in which the late PALMER perfOrMed the che ratier of My Lord Duke was a specimen of true comic skill : L/STON, therefore, with all his popu larity, had a very difficult task AD pertorm in fol.' , lowing so admirable a Comedian,' bat by Attempting a new mode 'of representing the 4.:baracter; he had avoided all comparison, and renders it very enter:- taining." Instead of the lofty ease and Milliner nity of .PALMER,' LIsTON affects a kind of ludicrous_ elegance and negligent grace. The etfed is very diverting.—e The rest of the cheraders were toler-; ably well sustained ; and FARLEY excited touch ap. plause in the bumpkin part of Lovers character The Farce Was preceded by Te'eli, and followed by . Killing no Murder, in which MATHEWS and LiS.l'ot4 are so conspicuous/that the piece is as efteCtive as on its first appearance. THE LYCEOM.—The return of DOWTON to thk Theatre has renewed the represeutaiiou of Up all Night, and he was in more than common spirit§ last night. This piece, as we have said before, atlords a good omen of the probable revival of the old ballad Opera, once so popular. It has the advantage of ad . . - - mirable music, and the powerful vocal support of PHILLIPS, SMITH, Mrs. BISHOP, and Mr. MOUN , . TAIN, and the pleasing nalvet? of Mrs. Knapschou, ,with all its terrific beatvies, concluded the entertainments, and excited much applau s e: ANECDOTE.—Mr. ELWES, 011 Cr so %%ell known for his immense riches, siopped at an Inn near Bury, and calling ter tea, said, " Well, latidlotcl, I suppose you charge sixpence insttad of eightpunce for tea and toast ?" The host was a shrewd doe--- he knew his guest well, and instantly shewed hen into a room with all the windee s blocked up, sal " Do you choose candles, Sir?" CATALANI is to perform the charaelets at Covent- Garden Theatre, formerly assumed by SESTINI, arid some new ones are to be purposely written for her. It is said that she will also be brought forward id the Oratorios, in order •to cover, if possible; the enormous expence attending her engagement. Covent-Garden Theatre will not be opened so soon as was cxpeCted ; the 18th of SepteMber is now mentioned as the day appointed for that purpose. The late Sir WILLIAM JERNINGHAM was one cf. the handsomest men of his time, and he was a very amiable, elegant, aud accomplished c!vaa6ter in pi i_ vate. His manners were marked by the dignified. courtesy of former times, and which li been ill exchanged for the familiar freedom of the present period. He was a great admirer of literature, and the Aibum at his seat near Norwich, was abundantly supplied with poetical effusions, left by the various guests whom his hospitable disposition and intelligent conversation drew near him. He was a claimant to the Barony of Stafford, to which there is no doubt his family will succeed. MALTA.—The chief inhabitants of this Island have formed a Committee in aid of the Spanish Pa triots, and very soon after its institution the sub scription amounted to 15,3g8 Spanish dollars. - The zeal with which the cause of Spain has been sup. ported in this Island is highly honourable to the cha raaer of its inhabitants, and we doubt not that it will be followed by every people who dare manifest their indignation against the attempts of a Tyrant to make a gallant nation submit to the yoke of f o r eign deSpotism. Or- FATAL Durt...—Extraa of a letter froth Stew leans, dated 18th May :—" A Duel was fought here on the morning of the 15th, between Lieu" tenants BOWIE and HAGUE, of the Light Dragoons. At the third fire, both shots took eff,,cl. The for mer was mortally wounded. I attended his - tuneral last e‘,ening. The latter will in all probability lose one hand, as the bones of his arm just BOvve, the wrist are shattered in a shocking manner. They, were promising young Officers, and were said to be two of the best looking young men i n the army, "